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and pakistan. in an hour and a half the chairman. house armed services committee representative buck mckeehan on defense spending. then a hearing on security concerns in europe and asia in the aftermath of the death of osama bin laden and later, we'll reair the coverage of president obama's trip to new york today for a wreath laying ceremony at the 9/11 memorial. >> now a forum on the effect of the killing of osama bin laden on relations between the u.s. and pakistan. one of the panelists, former house intelligence committee ranking member pete hookstra saying the killing of the al qaeda leader will force others in the region to rethink their stance for the u.s. this is an hour and a half. >> before i say anything let remind you to put your phones on vibrate. i appreciate seeing a good crowd for an event we set up this week to talk about the death of osama bin laden and the future of pakistan. this debate started slowly in the aftermath on the news sunday night from the president that osama bin lad
and pakistan. in an hour and a half the chairman. house armed services committee representative buck mckeehan on defense spending. then a hearing on security concerns in europe and asia in the aftermath of the death of osama bin laden and later, we'll reair the coverage of president obama's trip to new york today for a wreath laying ceremony at the 9/11 memorial. >> now a forum on the effect of the killing of osama bin laden on relations between the u.s. and pakistan. one of the...
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and i think we need to help pakistan. afghans need to help pakistan. the border is not secure. it is a very tough spot. as we have been able to improve things in the south, the forces now are moving up to the northeast, where they can concentrate more on that area. i have concerns about the president pulling the surge forces out early. i think we're going to be able to keep them in the fight through most of this year, which will be helpful. but next year, the other 20,000, he has said that he wants them out by september, which means they will pull out while they are still in the middle of the fighting season. i am concerned about that. hopefully, that gives us almost a year from now till then, to get the afghans more solid in their ability to carry out operations themselves. so, maybe they can fill in some of that gap. that is what i am hoping. >> we have a little bit more than five minutes left. go ahead. >> as the pentagon said that, when secretary panetta testifies next week, that he will be able to provide some details on where they're going to cut some of these programs? >
and i think we need to help pakistan. afghans need to help pakistan. the border is not secure. it is a very tough spot. as we have been able to improve things in the south, the forces now are moving up to the northeast, where they can concentrate more on that area. i have concerns about the president pulling the surge forces out early. i think we're going to be able to keep them in the fight through most of this year, which will be helpful. but next year, the other 20,000, he has said that he...
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basically combat extremism, combat pakistan's phone taliban problem and keep pakistan on the right side of the conflict. pakistan does not want to defeat these terrorists because if they defeat the terrorists, the billions of dollars in aid disappears. also during the end of the bush administration there was a bipartisan effort, when senator kerry was still chairman of the senate foreign relations committee said, why is it we are spending all this money incentivizing pakistan's military? what is the face of american diplomacy in pakistan is the pentagon and the cia rather than the state department? billionided to give $7 to the civilians in pakistan to try to change that. the result was far greater in pakistannism because the military started not wanting to lose their share of the money and basically said this money is an insult of pakistani sovereignty because all the auditing that is required, for it to secret plan to christianize pakistan. host: we have shelley from louisiana. a republican. caller: good morning. he madeave to say reference to it. it is likely are trying to buy friend
basically combat extremism, combat pakistan's phone taliban problem and keep pakistan on the right side of the conflict. pakistan does not want to defeat these terrorists because if they defeat the terrorists, the billions of dollars in aid disappears. also during the end of the bush administration there was a bipartisan effort, when senator kerry was still chairman of the senate foreign relations committee said, why is it we are spending all this money incentivizing pakistan's military? what...
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. >> as far as pakistan is concerned, pakistan has a new prime minister. until he was ousted, blaming the u.s. for being ousted. my question is, has anyone responded to the claims that the u.s. is responsible for the ousting and the new relationship? john kirby: we are not going to comment about domestic politics inside pakistan. i don't have any conversations with the new prime minister or the government to speak to today. it obviously all just happened. we recognize that the pakistan -- that pakistan plays a role in the region and the pakistani people are themselves victims of terrorist attacks inside their own country. we recognize that we have shared interests with pakistan with respect to security and stability in that part of the world, and we do have a healthy military relationship with pakistani armed forces, and we have every expectation that will be able to continue to be the case. >> and finally because of the crisis still going on and a very large crowd of supporters, are the u.s. military ready if this happens in pakistan? john kirby: i'm not
. >> as far as pakistan is concerned, pakistan has a new prime minister. until he was ousted, blaming the u.s. for being ousted. my question is, has anyone responded to the claims that the u.s. is responsible for the ousting and the new relationship? john kirby: we are not going to comment about domestic politics inside pakistan. i don't have any conversations with the new prime minister or the government to speak to today. it obviously all just happened. we recognize that the pakistan --...
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and plus a peace keeping and military and non-military aides to pakistan. negotiators are trying to agree on a bill for additional $100 billion for iraq in year. live coverage will continue at 6:30 here on c-span. the senate continues work on tobacco regulations at 5:30. and like the house, the senate is awaiting for agreement on that bill. live coverage on c-span 2. >> with a federally mandated digital conversion next week. we will get an update on this change. we will have speakers on this subject tonight on 8 eastern, the communicators on c-span two. >> there is topic of last month killing scores of civilians, we have update by jeff corel for 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. good to see you all, especially after being away. tomorrow morning secretary gate replies on the update on defense. the hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:30. and tomorrow evening the secretary departs for the netherlands that he will spend tomorrow and part of wednesday as he speaks on troops of afghanistan. and then on thursday he will fly to brussels to discuss a range of security
and plus a peace keeping and military and non-military aides to pakistan. negotiators are trying to agree on a bill for additional $100 billion for iraq in year. live coverage will continue at 6:30 here on c-span. the senate continues work on tobacco regulations at 5:30. and like the house, the senate is awaiting for agreement on that bill. live coverage on c-span 2. >> with a federally mandated digital conversion next week. we will get an update on this change. we will have speakers on...
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>> government in pakistan? >> yes, sir. >> i think they finally have turned their attention to the border regions. there's other regions in pakistan, further south which are controlled by the taliban that i hope they will also turn their attention to. but i want to give them credit. but i think up in the fata area, so-called, and the border area, that they have taken some heavily casualties and have had some real successes in going after the taliban. but it could help really turn things around in pakistan. but again, there are other parts further south to that need that kind of determination and grit. >> sir, switching gears to the fort hood shootings. i was wondering at what point would it be appropriate for the committees to have hearings on this? >> we're in the middle of briefings now. and we will -- as soon as we will have a few more briefings, will make our decision as to when our first one is. we will be having hearings. and we will take an investigation focusing on the military piece of this. others wil
>> government in pakistan? >> yes, sir. >> i think they finally have turned their attention to the border regions. there's other regions in pakistan, further south which are controlled by the taliban that i hope they will also turn their attention to. but i want to give them credit. but i think up in the fata area, so-called, and the border area, that they have taken some heavily casualties and have had some real successes in going after the taliban. but it could help really...
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i think there seems to be -- i think the events that happened in pakistan over the past several weeks have united many in the cause against extremism. we obviously have a long way to go. i think the administration believes we are making important progress on that front. thank you, guys. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> president obama hosted a reception in honor of lgbt pride month. his remarks last about 20 minutes. [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] >> hello, everybody. good to see you. [applause] >> you moved to slow. >> it is great to see everybody here today. i have a lot of friends in the room but there are some people i want to especially acknowledge. first of all, someone who helped ensure that we are in the white house. please give steve a big round of applause. where is he? he is around here somewhere. [applause] the new chair of the export/import bank, fred. where is fred? good to see you, fred. our director of the institute of education sciences, john eas
i think there seems to be -- i think the events that happened in pakistan over the past several weeks have united many in the cause against extremism. we obviously have a long way to go. i think the administration believes we are making important progress on that front. thank you, guys. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> president obama hosted a reception in honor of lgbt pride month. his remarks last about...
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and the western -- northwestern part of pakistan that are intent on destabilizing pakistan and overthrowing its government. our ever combined with the pakistani efforts on both sides of the border in fact help reduce the terrorist risk to the pakistaniis. extreme economic problems are huge factor in pakistan. i don't think our presence is destabilizing, i think it helps the pakistanis long term. >> i will let it go at that. i will certainly not place my knowledge and intelligence ahead of yours. there seems to be considerable others who would question that conclusion. >> this is not a very stable region. part of the problem we have is that al-qaeda lived there and leadership lives there and we are still -- they are still trying to kill as many americans as they can. there are multiple terrorist organizations. i called the epicenter of terror is an and the world. ism. they are working closer together than ever before. i talk about this as a region as opposed to one country or another. they are very much integrated in ways that sometimes they don't even like, but clearly they are. i think we
and the western -- northwestern part of pakistan that are intent on destabilizing pakistan and overthrowing its government. our ever combined with the pakistani efforts on both sides of the border in fact help reduce the terrorist risk to the pakistaniis. extreme economic problems are huge factor in pakistan. i don't think our presence is destabilizing, i think it helps the pakistanis long term. >> i will let it go at that. i will certainly not place my knowledge and intelligence ahead of...
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now in pakistan this is much more important. but it's also more - by the way i would very luch like to know why the united states did not pursue the leadership there more effectively of the end of 2001? it rus reasonable and clear. not in átq(r#ic detail i'm sure since i know that area fairly well, you could pinpoint to quite extent where these people were. my argue comment that it has something to "o with the uncertainty like the pakistan state if the united states treated it like this prior to the generation it would deal with any country that provided sanctuary and support for terrorism. of course, if we substituted the kind of situation that developed. the pakistan military was able to use that to secure itself a new lease on leaf. they became the guarantees of some type of relationship on the united states despite having them operate on the territory. this gave them a kind of support against the attempts at controlling them and replacing them with a civilian ruler and they became the media and the people that could link up
now in pakistan this is much more important. but it's also more - by the way i would very luch like to know why the united states did not pursue the leadership there more effectively of the end of 2001? it rus reasonable and clear. not in átq(r#ic detail i'm sure since i know that area fairly well, you could pinpoint to quite extent where these people were. my argue comment that it has something to "o with the uncertainty like the pakistan state if the united states treated it like this...
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that pakistan is not key -- that pakistan is not a regional actor, that pakistan is not key to peace in south asia. united states should engage pakistan as an influential actor, is a consequential actor in south asian politics. the these instability -- the peace and stability that impinges on u.s.-led diplomacy there. when it comes to china, our aspiration is that the united states and china, the two biggest economies, two big powers, they would sort out there probl-- their problems through diplomacy and would never reach a point where they have to confront each other militarily, because such a war would be messy not just for the two countries but for the entire world. finally, i would like to say that you have to realize the full potential of pakistan. you look at the west asian hemisphere to which i referred. pakistan is the largest population there. look at central, west asia, north africa, east africa. pakistan has the biggest demographic force in every field. daniel: youth, population, any of that. amb. khan: i also refer to economic geography. we can be a destination for invest
that pakistan is not key -- that pakistan is not a regional actor, that pakistan is not key to peace in south asia. united states should engage pakistan as an influential actor, is a consequential actor in south asian politics. the these instability -- the peace and stability that impinges on u.s.-led diplomacy there. when it comes to china, our aspiration is that the united states and china, the two biggest economies, two big powers, they would sort out there probl-- their problems through...
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yet osama bin laden escaped into pakistan. and meanwhile al-qaeda continued to operate along that border and through the affiliates along the border. when i took office, i made capturing bin laden a top priority and to continue to disrupt him and defeat his network. and then last august, i was briefed on a possible lead of bin laden, it was uncertain but we followed it to ground. and i met with our security team with the information that we had located bin laden hiding in a compound deep in pakistan. and finally last week, i determined we had enough information to take action and to bring bin laden to justice. today under my direction, the united states operated against that compound in pakistan. a strong team of americans carried out that operation with no americans harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties, after a fire fight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. for over two decades, bin laden has been al-qaeda's symbol, and the death of bin laden marks the most achievement to date to defeat a
yet osama bin laden escaped into pakistan. and meanwhile al-qaeda continued to operate along that border and through the affiliates along the border. when i took office, i made capturing bin laden a top priority and to continue to disrupt him and defeat his network. and then last august, i was briefed on a possible lead of bin laden, it was uncertain but we followed it to ground. and i met with our security team with the information that we had located bin laden hiding in a compound deep in...
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the special assistance that pakistan got to allow u.s. military forces to transit to afghanistan is included in our cost. included many of these costs, but i think you are getting to a larger question. how has the united states and pushedterrorism most of our foreign policy and, in fact, increased our military budget in ways that were sort of unseen? and that we were focused on these threats and, in fact, as i said earlier, over ensuring by trying to make sure that folks ,re with us all over the world but it cost us a lot of money to do that. we are buying a lot of friends. idle want to dismiss, however, the real sacrifices that, for instance, britain and germany and other allies have made in terms of the global war on terror. they have also spent hundreds of dollars,of billions of and they have also lost people to death and injury by fighting alongside the united states in the major war zones. host: stephanie, long beach, california. go ahead. thank you for doing this. my question is, what is the opportunity cost of this war? we --ould h
the special assistance that pakistan got to allow u.s. military forces to transit to afghanistan is included in our cost. included many of these costs, but i think you are getting to a larger question. how has the united states and pushedterrorism most of our foreign policy and, in fact, increased our military budget in ways that were sort of unseen? and that we were focused on these threats and, in fact, as i said earlier, over ensuring by trying to make sure that folks ,re with us all over...
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a great point on pakistan. part of the south asia strategy was to put more pressure on pakistan for creating a safe haven for the taliban, which is clear that continues to this day. we have cut off some forms of foreign aid to pakistan and that is one part of the south asia strategy i have been pleased with, that has been articulated anyway much of the rest of the strategy has not. i respectfully disagree. the more pressure put on pakistan to stop them from raiding safe haven for the taliban -- creating safe haven for the taliban, the more we can defeat the taliban in afghanistan. as far as the president needing a photo op, you have to remember this president is the president that negotiated the deal with congress earlier this year to rebuild the american military and restore what was a 20% cut to military during previous administration. that alone, as a veteran of the afghanistan war, navy reserve, serving and uniform, this president does not need a photo op to prove he supports the troops. he proved it in neg
a great point on pakistan. part of the south asia strategy was to put more pressure on pakistan for creating a safe haven for the taliban, which is clear that continues to this day. we have cut off some forms of foreign aid to pakistan and that is one part of the south asia strategy i have been pleased with, that has been articulated anyway much of the rest of the strategy has not. i respectfully disagree. the more pressure put on pakistan to stop them from raiding safe haven for the taliban --...
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our troops are being killed by folks who have a safe haven in pakistan. when the government will not even speak out against that let alone take them on which makes it impossible for us to continue the economic and military financial support in a normal way it. that has been put on hold by the administration. ultimately, it will be their own self interest, the perception of whether or not they can distinguish between the terrorists who attacked them that they obviously go after and the terrorists who attacked their neighbors. if they think they can be safe from a threat from that kind of terrorist, i think they are wrong but they will have to make that judgment themselves. >> there is time for two more questions. the gentle man in the second ro today's event has been on the record. >> mike costa, recent retiree. >> we miss you. >> very nice to see you. >> this muste a sign of the times. not a single question on iraq. the ultimate numbers next year will probably be diminished from the numbers that some had anticipated. is there anything you can tell us abou
our troops are being killed by folks who have a safe haven in pakistan. when the government will not even speak out against that let alone take them on which makes it impossible for us to continue the economic and military financial support in a normal way it. that has been put on hold by the administration. ultimately, it will be their own self interest, the perception of whether or not they can distinguish between the terrorists who attacked them that they obviously go after and the...
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want more of your money to go to pakistan, saudi arabia, china. they will send your money anywhere but we have a country that needs it here. why don't we build our country here at home? do some nationbuilding here at home? $90 billion that we need for emergency relief. ien as conservative as i am, thought we could probably find that and rebuild and the government could be part of that. but you know what? when we quit sending it to countries that burn our flag and chant -- death to america. why don't we take that money at home? why don't we say to the government writ large that they have to spend less? anyone have less money this year than they did last? that is what government needs is a 1% pay cut. you would have more than enough money to actually pay for the disaster relief. but no one is going to do that because they are fiscally irresponsible. who are they? republicans, democrats, virtually the whole body is careless and reckless with your money. offset bywill not be cuts anywhere. it will be added to the debt and there will be a day of reckon
want more of your money to go to pakistan, saudi arabia, china. they will send your money anywhere but we have a country that needs it here. why don't we build our country here at home? do some nationbuilding here at home? $90 billion that we need for emergency relief. ien as conservative as i am, thought we could probably find that and rebuild and the government could be part of that. but you know what? when we quit sending it to countries that burn our flag and chant -- death to america. why...
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ashley: what about pakistan? a great deal of the prospects of success in afghanistan are determined by the choices that pakistan makes, which is one to take into the issue, with the dimension of pakistan as a factor in u.s.india relations, but how do you see the triangular relationship between the u.s., india and pakistan? randall: i probably don't want to say a lot of that because we want to give the new prime minister of the new government in pakistan, space to explore where there may be opportunities to improve relations with india. many new governments come into power and want to do that and then run smack dab into reality and all the difficulties. but in terms of separating what was said during the campaign and what he has said since the election, we want to give him space to find the opportunities to improve things with india area i think on the questions about how this all relates to afghanistan and shared interests, there's a -- there is no question that we need pakistan's help in encouraging, persuading,
ashley: what about pakistan? a great deal of the prospects of success in afghanistan are determined by the choices that pakistan makes, which is one to take into the issue, with the dimension of pakistan as a factor in u.s.india relations, but how do you see the triangular relationship between the u.s., india and pakistan? randall: i probably don't want to say a lot of that because we want to give the new prime minister of the new government in pakistan, space to explore where there may be...
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first through dramatically expanded counterterrorism operations on the afghanistan- pakistan border. and second, through a renewed, revitalized and properly resourced effort to help build an afghanistan that can secure and govern itself. and that's the fundamental mission in afghanistan is to ensure that that country can govern and secure itself so it will never again become a safe haven for al qaeda. over the last few years, al qaeda's leadership, their ranks, have been decimated and includes the loss of four of al qaeda's five top leaders in the last 2 1/2 years alone. osama bin laden, sheik al masri and others in what has been the precise campaign in the history of warfare and numerous operational priorities and commanders in this region have been killed or captured. this pressure has significantly demoralized and weakened al qaeda in terms of their core capability and seriously disrupted their active plotting against our homeland. the broader military campaign in afghanistan has also been central to our efforts to disrupt and dismantle and defeat al qaeda. that is why roughly 68,
first through dramatically expanded counterterrorism operations on the afghanistan- pakistan border. and second, through a renewed, revitalized and properly resourced effort to help build an afghanistan that can secure and govern itself. and that's the fundamental mission in afghanistan is to ensure that that country can govern and secure itself so it will never again become a safe haven for al qaeda. over the last few years, al qaeda's leadership, their ranks, have been decimated and includes...
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again, pakistan was asked to take position. pakistan was then governed by a military. he decided to take a position which was in many ways controversial. to this day it remains controversial, but he took the position and decided to go in unilaterally, consciously and fully with the international community and the post-9/11 scenario. it's been 13 years now from a totally peaceful country pakistan has been turned into a battle zone. we lost over 50,000 lives in the last 13 years. pakistan or any of its population had absolutely nothing to do with the event the tragic event of 9/11. but the backlash was totally taken by pakistan. several of pakistan had been appreciated and the sacrifices the country made, but difficult circumstances in which pakistan come to found itself down and finds itself today even 13 years down the line, there's a greater understanding of pakistan's positioned, maybe all of the sacrifices would have been adverted but it's not that simple. in spite of the sacrifices, in spite of the turbulence and in spite of the many lives lost pakistan continues t
again, pakistan was asked to take position. pakistan was then governed by a military. he decided to take a position which was in many ways controversial. to this day it remains controversial, but he took the position and decided to go in unilaterally, consciously and fully with the international community and the post-9/11 scenario. it's been 13 years now from a totally peaceful country pakistan has been turned into a battle zone. we lost over 50,000 lives in the last 13 years. pakistan or any...
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i'm with the pakistan american league. i want to mention in afghanistan -- when anything goes wrong, they place the blame on pakistan . in spite of having communication lines open in 2011, those forces killed 37 people, including the commanding officer. they financed the taliban in afghanistan. could they tell us what is the incentive to finance the taliban. i think there should be an approach at all stakeholders should be included in that negotiation. >> i'm a founding board member of the largest women's group in afghanistan called afghanistan women for women and i have in a dod contractor supporting that. there seems to be an agreement that a political solution needs to happen. there's a large to satisfaction with the national unity government and there are talks of new elections. this is what i have heard from my afghan colleagues -- they say if there was a loya jirga today, they would scrap it entirely or call for new elections. i wanted to get your thoughts on that. what other solutions might work politically? the afg
i'm with the pakistan american league. i want to mention in afghanistan -- when anything goes wrong, they place the blame on pakistan . in spite of having communication lines open in 2011, those forces killed 37 people, including the commanding officer. they financed the taliban in afghanistan. could they tell us what is the incentive to finance the taliban. i think there should be an approach at all stakeholders should be included in that negotiation. >> i'm a founding board member of...
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and secondly, this week we wrote about a number of the very first special operations forces sent to pakistan in the early days after the 9/11 attack and now face a multitude of cancers and they cannot get their medical costs covered. >> let me go to your first issue. obviously this is a brutal regime, but he is unto the country and the people of venezuela is horrific. otherk we join the countries, particularly in that region, and the state department has leave for actions there we are fully supportive of what they want to do it we always are prepared and plan to provide humanitarian assistance, but this is an issue that we appear to support them as they go through their steps. mr. secretary, the inspector general's office launched to investigations related to the border operations. two investigations into the border wall, one whether it was thel and the other about awarding of the contract. do you have confidence that the department conducted thorough views of whether the operations were legal and whether it should be conducted and the awarding of the contracts? >> i don't characterize it th
and secondly, this week we wrote about a number of the very first special operations forces sent to pakistan in the early days after the 9/11 attack and now face a multitude of cancers and they cannot get their medical costs covered. >> let me go to your first issue. obviously this is a brutal regime, but he is unto the country and the people of venezuela is horrific. otherk we join the countries, particularly in that region, and the state department has leave for actions there we are...
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presence inaden's pakistan was not to pakistan's advantage. guest: i respect the ambassador quite a bit. i have dealt with him before certainly, that is the tape that senior leaders in pakistan have. the trouble is, the isi have longstanding ties to the taliban. they have longstanding ties to groups that are tied to al qaeda. so the elements of the intelligence service, both current and retired, have relations with al qaeda. so in some ways they play a double game that hurts the u.s. and the pakistani people. there is a pakistani calculus of needing to hedge their bets, u.s., india. the key question here is whether there is some element within pakistani intelligence or military that knew about this, that established a network to support bin laden for five years. host: juan zarate is our guest. former national security adviser for counterterrorism in the bush administration. currently, the traditional threats project senior adviser at the center for strategic and international studies. brooklyn, new york. eileen. caller: i just have a few comme
presence inaden's pakistan was not to pakistan's advantage. guest: i respect the ambassador quite a bit. i have dealt with him before certainly, that is the tape that senior leaders in pakistan have. the trouble is, the isi have longstanding ties to the taliban. they have longstanding ties to groups that are tied to al qaeda. so the elements of the intelligence service, both current and retired, have relations with al qaeda. so in some ways they play a double game that hurts the u.s. and the...
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when i started here, i was director for afghanistan-pakistan. so i have worked specifically on the case of pakistan and now i am senior advisor at johns hopkins. it is great to have this conversation today with my colleagues. some were previously in government. we all look much more rested and youthful than we did when we were at the white house. stephen just finished a book. you look great. you brought the book, right? please by the book. we have a combination of the academic perspective today. look forward to your questions. the questions we want to look at our, how have terrorism strikes of the u.s. government changed under the trump administration. the discussion will be a combination of what was the lessons we learned from that under the obama administration. hopefully we can take that and then have a conversation. how do you define what this administration is doing? hopefully, that will lead us to a conversation about the future and looking at the threat of terrorism and what kind of posture and policy need to be in place. is the u.s. prot
when i started here, i was director for afghanistan-pakistan. so i have worked specifically on the case of pakistan and now i am senior advisor at johns hopkins. it is great to have this conversation today with my colleagues. some were previously in government. we all look much more rested and youthful than we did when we were at the white house. stephen just finished a book. you look great. you brought the book, right? please by the book. we have a combination of the academic perspective...
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i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and any other countries that have nuclear weapons, get rid of them. until such time as they do, we will be the most powerful nuclear nation on earth by far. the first order i give to my generals, as you know, you know mike, my first order was i want our nuclear arsenal to be the biggest and finest in the world. we spent a lot of money, a lot of time and a lot of effort, and it is in tiptop shape and getting better, and getting stronger. this scorchime that disappears, we will be so much better and stronger than anybody else. host: the president as we know by now, likes to speak and superlatives, but is the nuclear arsenal larger and more powerful? guest: no. when we talk about modernizing nuclear weapons, it is certainly expansion, but it takes time. things that take years to decades, not from the night can happen in six months. the obama administration left office with a plan well underway, but it will take years and years to get to completion, so the idea the president came in and told the generals we need to make our nucle
i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and any other countries that have nuclear weapons, get rid of them. until such time as they do, we will be the most powerful nuclear nation on earth by far. the first order i give to my generals, as you know, you know mike, my first order was i want our nuclear arsenal to be the biggest and finest in the world. we spent a lot of money, a lot of time and a lot of effort, and it is in tiptop shape and getting better, and getting...
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if we need diplomacy and not war in pakistan. what we hear from the president is the opposite of what currently to serious diplomacy. guest: i'm not sure india is a critical part of the solution in afghanistan. of it's a growing partner. it's the world largest democracy in terms of population. himstan has launched provocative terrorist attack spirit -- attacks. no one is sure how to deal with it. they have tried to put conditions on aid. conflicted regime. they have an intelligence service bermuda with islamic extremists. supporting others in afghanistan. they have also inspired a back -- --\. nicholson testified on this a while ago. he talked about the importance of being serious. that expresses the dilemma. no one has pacific solutions. host: the president is not supporting nationbuilding. this is what the l.a. times wrote about that area as i said before, nationbuilding is a term, it's a straw man. it makes it sound like you're trying to turn the country into switzerland. there has to be a political element. h.r. mcmaster is a
if we need diplomacy and not war in pakistan. what we hear from the president is the opposite of what currently to serious diplomacy. guest: i'm not sure india is a critical part of the solution in afghanistan. of it's a growing partner. it's the world largest democracy in terms of population. himstan has launched provocative terrorist attack spirit -- attacks. no one is sure how to deal with it. they have tried to put conditions on aid. conflicted regime. they have an intelligence service...
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they just want more of your money to go to pakistan. anywhere center money and we have a country that needs it here. instead of nation-building abroad, my don't we build our country at home? why do we do nation-building at home? needve $90 billion that we for emergency relief. am, weervative as i could probably find that. we are a rich country and we whyd probably rebuild, but don't we quit sending it to pakistan? let's quit sending it to countries who burn our flag and chant death to america? why do we keep that money at home? why do we say to the government at large to spend less? anybody ever had less money this year than last? anyone ever had a 1% pay cut? you deal with it. that is what government needs, a 1% pay cut. if you take a 1% pay cut across the board, you have more than enough money to pay for disaster relief, but no one is going to do that because they are fiscally irresponsible. who are they? republicans, democrats, the whole party is careless and reckless with your money. so the money will not be offset by cuts anywhere.
they just want more of your money to go to pakistan. anywhere center money and we have a country that needs it here. instead of nation-building abroad, my don't we build our country at home? why do we do nation-building at home? needve $90 billion that we for emergency relief. am, weervative as i could probably find that. we are a rich country and we whyd probably rebuild, but don't we quit sending it to pakistan? let's quit sending it to countries who burn our flag and chant death to america?...
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we focused on afghanistan, pakistan and safe havens in pakistan. yemen has a lot. >> what about afghanistan? how many times have you been there? >> i carefully counted my trips to iraq, but i don't know about afghanistan. i do know that i had been there six times. it is difficult to get there. it takes a couple of days to get there and a couple of days to get back. it is a little harder to get in and out of afghanistan. >> how do you go? >> you go by commercial airline. i took a flight to dubai for 14 hours. it is all commercial. the airline, when you go into kabul, but also fly from frankfurt. they have the greatest in- flight magazine. it has advertisements for armored cars. it is very frank about what you are getting into. most glossy magazines say to try this restaurant and avoid here and avoid there. it has a richness in kabul. there are things about dogfighting and things that americans would not be seeing. >> there is a memorable report, an insurer, for you in may of 2010. let's watch. >> it is a very difficult war in afghanistan. martha rad
we focused on afghanistan, pakistan and safe havens in pakistan. yemen has a lot. >> what about afghanistan? how many times have you been there? >> i carefully counted my trips to iraq, but i don't know about afghanistan. i do know that i had been there six times. it is difficult to get there. it takes a couple of days to get there and a couple of days to get back. it is a little harder to get in and out of afghanistan. >> how do you go? >> you go by commercial airline....
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to play role, but he also talked about having a new religion with india, pakistan's prime antagonist. why does the president and drawing closer to india will to play a pakistanis more constructive role rather than becoming more defensive and playing into his strategy of giving harbor to terrorists? sec. huckabee sanders: there is a regional approach, and part of that is developing and straightening the relationship of partnership with india. they have in making important contributions toward afghanistan's democracy and stability, and we think it is important to continue that effort. of thehis thread government shutdown if congress does not secure funding for this wall -- how is that not a concession from the white house that mexico isn't going to actually pay for the wall and american taxpayers will? sec. huckabee sanders: again, this is something the president is committed to -- protecting american lives, and doing that through the border wall is something that is important, and a priority. >> but he is not saying mexico is going to pay for it. sec. huckabee sanders: he hasn't said
to play role, but he also talked about having a new religion with india, pakistan's prime antagonist. why does the president and drawing closer to india will to play a pakistanis more constructive role rather than becoming more defensive and playing into his strategy of giving harbor to terrorists? sec. huckabee sanders: there is a regional approach, and part of that is developing and straightening the relationship of partnership with india. they have in making important contributions toward...
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by pakistan. -- feels threatened by pakistan. it will not wind up that way in of absence ia some kind political resolution. they defend themselves going forward. you were right. this is a route excuse. i'm sure if you do hear different things. i do not think that they are necessarily contradictory. i think they are all parts of what is an incredibly complex situation. it is within the inches to be able to defend itself again both overt and covert challenges. finally, i think it is important for us to maybe take a step back and look at the other countries they have made investments in. there were differing historical reasons. you look at the decades of our investment in south korea. you look at the cruise co -- coups that took place. you look at the thousands of troops. this is a vibrant democracy. it is a very strong economy. can we the back and say we could have left in 1967. we will let them fend for themselves. they were in a dangerous neighborhood. it has been an american strategy to withstand
by pakistan. -- feels threatened by pakistan. it will not wind up that way in of absence ia some kind political resolution. they defend themselves going forward. you were right. this is a route excuse. i'm sure if you do hear different things. i do not think that they are necessarily contradictory. i think they are all parts of what is an incredibly complex situation. it is within the inches to be able to defend itself again both overt and covert challenges. finally, i think it is important for...
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neither they moved to pakistan to be moved out. while pakistan, one of the strongest allies which sacrificed many lives was not taken on board and while their services were not required? mr. kirby: on board for what? >> for removing the u.s. citizens, for removing the afghans who were coming to the u.s.? mr. kirby: i mean, we set up a vast network of what we call lily pads to help get those evacuees to safety. and we were grateful for many countries's assistance. without that assistance, we wouldn't have been able to do it. as for pakistan, they, i think it is important to remember they , also suffered from the threats and still do from terrorist groups that occupy that spine between the two countries. and we continue to talk to pakistan about those ongoing threats about what they're , facing. but there was -- pakistan was helpful in the withdrawal and when we had to use -- well, with their permission, they were they allowed us to to to move some helicopters over to pakistan so that they could be out of harm's way. >> former prime
neither they moved to pakistan to be moved out. while pakistan, one of the strongest allies which sacrificed many lives was not taken on board and while their services were not required? mr. kirby: on board for what? >> for removing the u.s. citizens, for removing the afghans who were coming to the u.s.? mr. kirby: i mean, we set up a vast network of what we call lily pads to help get those evacuees to safety. and we were grateful for many countries's assistance. without that assistance,...
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there was a whole problem with pakistan being able to provide cover for terrorism in pakistan and these terrorists would then cross the line and make attacks in afghanistan, making it near impossible to try to deal with that threat. and then the taliban had and appeal within the country because they promoted resistance to occupation, which is kind of the history of afghanistan. and using that, they were successful and kind of rehabilitating their effort. so they became a real threat. i think the bottom line was that, in the latter part of our engagement in afghanistan, it became a little more of a hit and miss operation, where we were hoping we could get the afghans to do better, to be able to defend and secure themselves. we did not quite have a comprehensive plan on how to accomplish this. . the taliban kept capturing areas within afghanistan, particularly in the south and the east, and we never really secure that part of the country and then, at that point, and the frustration we begin to withdraw forces, we did some surges in the early part of the obama administration. 20000 and the
there was a whole problem with pakistan being able to provide cover for terrorism in pakistan and these terrorists would then cross the line and make attacks in afghanistan, making it near impossible to try to deal with that threat. and then the taliban had and appeal within the country because they promoted resistance to occupation, which is kind of the history of afghanistan. and using that, they were successful and kind of rehabilitating their effort. so they became a real threat. i think...
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you mention pakistan. to stop the support for these organizations, pakistan looks like north korea to me or zimbabwe. that is the choice we should have posed them with. it would take sustained international commitment, which we already have. we had like 2500 troops most recently in afghanistan. nato troops were three times that number. afghans were bearing the brunt of the fighting. the sad part is, i would say we won the war in afghanistan and then defeated ourselves. so, this touches a nerve with me. i think this has been not only an unwise series of strategies in afghanistan, but it has been an immoral approach to the war. especially since the agreement negotiated by the trump administration for complete withdrawal and validated by the biden administration. i think it is astonishing that the secretary of state would write a letter and say you need to do more for peace. it is almost as if abuse victims who then identify with their abusers. we have become apologists for the taliban and are essentially par
you mention pakistan. to stop the support for these organizations, pakistan looks like north korea to me or zimbabwe. that is the choice we should have posed them with. it would take sustained international commitment, which we already have. we had like 2500 troops most recently in afghanistan. nato troops were three times that number. afghans were bearing the brunt of the fighting. the sad part is, i would say we won the war in afghanistan and then defeated ourselves. so, this touches a nerve...
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yet osama bin laden avoided capture and escaped across the afghan border into pakistan. meanwhile, al qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world. and so shortly after taking office, i directed leon panetta, the director of the cia, to make the killing or capture of bin laden the top priority of our war against al qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network. then, last august, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, i was briefed on a possible lead to bin laden. it was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. i met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin laden hiding within a compound deep inside of pakistan. and finally, last week, i determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get osama bin laden and bring him to justice. today, at my direction, the united states launched a targeted ope
yet osama bin laden avoided capture and escaped across the afghan border into pakistan. meanwhile, al qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world. and so shortly after taking office, i directed leon panetta, the director of the cia, to make the killing or capture of bin laden the top priority of our war against al qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network. then, last august, after years...
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there is researchers -- there are researchers who look at in india and pakistan. if you had cities burning, how much soot would be put into the atmosphere? they can block out enough sunlight to produce global temperatures for a decade. it would wreak havoc with food production and health around the world. there aremates -- estimates where you would have two people around the world dime from the consequences. have 2nd the world -- billion people around the world die from the consequences. host: yesterday on twitter, the twitter -- the president talked about this -- my first act as a president is president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. it is now stronger and more powerful than ever before. guest: a president statement -- the president's statement is not true. nuclear, he ordered a posture review. the pentagon would get together and look at the u.s. nuclear policy and weapons and figure what needs to be done. nothing has actually happened from it. the idea modernization is taking place in the six months since he has been in office is not true. th
there is researchers -- there are researchers who look at in india and pakistan. if you had cities burning, how much soot would be put into the atmosphere? they can block out enough sunlight to produce global temperatures for a decade. it would wreak havoc with food production and health around the world. there aremates -- estimates where you would have two people around the world dime from the consequences. have 2nd the world -- billion people around the world die from the consequences. host:...
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think about pakistan. 1 0 million people there. look at the protests that followed bin laden's death. scores of people, maybe hundreds if you're lucky. the sympathy that existed, the robin haad hood image he once had is completely evaporated. while there may be increasing religion in the muslim world, it's no. transported to people admiring their handiwork around the world. >> we have time for a couple more questions. a question from the man in the tie. and if there's anybody else back in the corner, if we can position the other microphone. >> the 9/11 commission noted that we not only had a lack of intelligence but we also had a lack of imagination. have we be sufficiently imagine ty or not to avoid the consequences of an action? >> please state your name. >> i'm a docket ral student at george mason. given the islamists or terrorists' justifications for the use of w.m.d. against the west, how does this affect the debate? >> peter, i'll start with you on the 9/11 commission. you've been part of the bipartisan policy center with gov
think about pakistan. 1 0 million people there. look at the protests that followed bin laden's death. scores of people, maybe hundreds if you're lucky. the sympathy that existed, the robin haad hood image he once had is completely evaporated. while there may be increasing religion in the muslim world, it's no. transported to people admiring their handiwork around the world. >> we have time for a couple more questions. a question from the man in the tie. and if there's anybody else back in...
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than it does about what happens next in pakistan. that this reasons works well and one of the reasons that we have so little information is that it is quite embarrassing to governments to have knowledge that these operations are taking place and that they are taking place against entities where there are credible allegations that they have received support. in essence, and probably not just in pakistan, that's how do you as a policy matter keep that up? if you have to say who you are targeting, that becomes incredibly embarrassing for a government. if you are dealing with a weak civilian government, it could become lethally embarrassing. thing to say that you could stop the argument there. somecould be a reason why strikes have remained under the authority of the cia, rather than the defense department. if they are kept under the authority of the cia, there is less transparency. could say that there's a fundamental flaw in a policy that is dependent upon the government of the country where the policy is being carried out not being ab
than it does about what happens next in pakistan. that this reasons works well and one of the reasons that we have so little information is that it is quite embarrassing to governments to have knowledge that these operations are taking place and that they are taking place against entities where there are credible allegations that they have received support. in essence, and probably not just in pakistan, that's how do you as a policy matter keep that up? if you have to say who you are targeting,...
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that includes providing safe haven in western pakistan. when the afghan country was escaping the coalition,. we are identifying that relationship. our failure over time is to leverage our relationship with pakistan and stem that was support. that is a key take away here. a lot of experts are bigger a lot longer than i have shown that. your third question was -- sure. we have seen women, and some kind of local level training in the afghan army. please do not quote me on that. i would have to get back to you on that. overall, the afghan security forces are overwhelmingly male. host: next up is nikki. good morning. caller: you are an expert. i know nothing. i always go to the guy who knows more than i do. what do you think religion plays in the role of extremism? in afghanistan, we have religious extremists who want to strike women down. in america, we have texas, which wants to shut things down in the name of religion. what is the difference between isis and american right-wing evangelicals? what is the difference? i don't understand. host:
that includes providing safe haven in western pakistan. when the afghan country was escaping the coalition,. we are identifying that relationship. our failure over time is to leverage our relationship with pakistan and stem that was support. that is a key take away here. a lot of experts are bigger a lot longer than i have shown that. your third question was -- sure. we have seen women, and some kind of local level training in the afghan army. please do not quote me on that. i would have to get...
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-pakistan relationship. we are used to hearing bad news, but the pakistani people have achieved accomplishments. the transfer of power from one democratically elected government to another, a historic moment for the country. thanks to collaboration with our own, they have added electricity, new jobs, schools, and more than 18,000 newly trained teachers. let me commend experts for their hard work and a challenging environment. on the security side, we have seen more modest progress. terrorist groups pose threats to americans. pakistanis and our partners, where pakistan has provided extremist groups safe haven and a permissive environment allowing the ideology to spread. the hardest hit have been the pakistani people. terrorism has killed more than 50,000 people since 2003. a year ago today, terrorists affiliated with the pakistani taliban massacred more than 140 teachers and students at the army school in peshawar. the government finally took military action against ttp in north waziristan. i had high hopes f
-pakistan relationship. we are used to hearing bad news, but the pakistani people have achieved accomplishments. the transfer of power from one democratically elected government to another, a historic moment for the country. thanks to collaboration with our own, they have added electricity, new jobs, schools, and more than 18,000 newly trained teachers. let me commend experts for their hard work and a challenging environment. on the security side, we have seen more modest progress. terrorist...
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giving pakistan money? guest: fastening question -- fascinating question and pakistan as part of the book. pakistan has been a part of this conflict for the last 20 years and also before that. if you look at afghanistan, you have pakistan to the west and the south, iran to the east and in the north, you have uzbekistan and a little sliver in the top right northeast, you have a border with china. this is one of the reasons why afghanistan was a venue for the great game. there was a great power competition. you have the u.s. departure and you have that competition once again. in the early days of 2001, while the fighting was going on, there was quite a lot of evidence that the pakistani isi flew into evacuate pakistani troops that were fighting with the taliban and al qaeda. we know over the past 20 years that pakistan played a double game. it funded and sustained and supported taliban inside afghanistan. you see strategic depth in their ongoing war with india. a lot of questions to be answered about u.s. sup
giving pakistan money? guest: fastening question -- fascinating question and pakistan as part of the book. pakistan has been a part of this conflict for the last 20 years and also before that. if you look at afghanistan, you have pakistan to the west and the south, iran to the east and in the north, you have uzbekistan and a little sliver in the top right northeast, you have a border with china. this is one of the reasons why afghanistan was a venue for the great game. there was a great power...
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i heard -- some have been told lead guy, wan, the went back to pakistan. well, if this guy set up and was working on computer systems, is it possible could he have -- and this is what a normal mainstream reporter, 30, 40 years ago, back in the 1970's would have asked, well, did he set up the d.n.c. computer system that got hacked? that was supposedly hacked by russians? or others? , did he set that up so it could be hacked? there's a lot here going on that we don't know the answers to and we deserve to know the answers. there were mortgage transfers, debt-evading bankruptcies. let's see. emron ewan, jamal ewan, were known to be the ring leaders of the group. providing service since 2005. has convictions for driving offenses, which were serious enough to become criminal miss demeaners. used illegal radar detector, drove an unregistered vehicle. some say after master mining the family's -- masterfind minding the family's finances, was running business completely by 2010. and instructedories not to even speak to anyone. the wives of emron and abid also began
i heard -- some have been told lead guy, wan, the went back to pakistan. well, if this guy set up and was working on computer systems, is it possible could he have -- and this is what a normal mainstream reporter, 30, 40 years ago, back in the 1970's would have asked, well, did he set up the d.n.c. computer system that got hacked? that was supposedly hacked by russians? or others? , did he set that up so it could be hacked? there's a lot here going on that we don't know the answers to and we...